Immigration proposals won’t work

Friday

Feb 22, 2013 at 6:00 AM

Broken immigration system? That’s an understatement. “Broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship,” The Associated Press story says — that’ll teach them a lesson for sneaking into the country!

How naive to assume they will “obey” the laws once here. They didn’t even follow the laws to get into the country legally. All of a sudden they’re going to get honest? I have nothing against bringing brethren into our “free” country, legally, but by free I mean “freedom,” not getting “freebies” from the system generation after generation. It becomes a way of life.

Why should 11 million who have broken the law be rewarded?

Get this; they are going to be required to “register with the government, pass criminal and national security background checks, pay fees and penalties as well as back taxes, and wait until existing immigration backlogs are cleared before getting in line for green cards.”

Yes, I’m sure they will all line up to comply. We need an overhaul for the welfare system. I can understand receiving benefits until one is on their feet, but to live off the system for generations should be criminal.

Taxpayers who work for a living just keep giving.

The illegals shouldn’t be given everything for free. It’s not that they can’t work; they choose not to.

Also, before people are allowed to vote, they should have to have photo identification. I’m sure if that were the case, the last election results would have been different.